HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssuesCSA News: Volume 68, Issue 5Journals Name Outstanding Editors, Reviewers May 1, 2023 We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Editor's Citation for Excellence for reviewers and associate editors for our journals (www.crops.org/publications/journals).All journals published by ASA, CSSA, and SSSA depend on the commitment and dedication of volunteer reviewers and editors to maintain the high level of quality articles. The following individuals provided particularly noteworthy reviews and edits for these journals during 2022. If you are interested in reviewing manuscripts, volunteer by contacting the journal editors. Agronomy Journal Associate EditorsRamon Leon, North Carolina State University, USAGrace Miner, USDA-ARS, USAMadhav Dhaka, Rodale Institute, USAArun Jani, California State University–Monterey Bay, USAAmanda Easterly, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USAWei Hu, Nanjing Agricultural University, China ReviewersHaile Tewolde, USDA-ARS, USAMarvellous Zhou, South African Sugarcane ResearchInstitute, South AfricaLeonard Lauriault, New Mexico State University, USACharles Wortmann, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USALaura Lindsey, The Ohio State University, USA Crop Science Associate EditorsMohsen Mohammadi, Purdue University, USAGabriella Abeledo, University of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMarcio Resende, University of Florida, USATracie Matsumoto, USDA-ARS, USAAlex Lipka, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, USANeha Kothari, Cotton Incorporated, USA ReviewersDavid Walker, USDA-ARS, USA (no photo available)Ntombukulunga Mbuma, Agricultural Research Council,Industrial and Medicinal Plant Institute, South AfricaQingwu Xue, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USAZhihai Zhang, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, USACarlos Messina, University of Florida, USABrenda Gambin, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina The Plant Phenome JournalAssociate EditorsHannah Schneider, Wageningen University, The NetherlandsSaoirse Tracy, University College Dublin, Ireland ReviewersAmy Tabb, USDA-ARS, USAMikayla Hammers, Colorado State University, USA Soil Science Society of America Journal Associate EditorsRyan Stewart, Virginia Tech, USABriana Wyatt, Texas A&M University, USALindsey Slaughter, Texas Tech University, USAAxel Garcia y Garcia, University of Minnesota, USAJavier Gonzalez, USDA-ARS, USAReviewersVeronica Acosta-Martinez, USDA-ARS, USAMahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Yazd University, IranHojat Emami, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, IranZamir Libohova, USDA-ARS, USAD. Keith Reid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (retired), Canada Agricultural & Environmental Letters Associate EditorsAnna Cates, University of Minnesota, USA Zhongqi He, USDA-ARS, USA ReviewersAnthony Buda, USDA-ARS, USAMichael Lehman, USDA-ARS, USARobert Malone, USDA-ARS, USA Journal of Environmental Quality Associate EditorsCurtis Dell, USDA-ARS, USATim Johnson, Purdue University, USAGonzalo Martinez, University of Cordoba, SpainDarshani Kumaragamage, University of Winnipeg, CanadaTamie Veith, USDA-ARS, USAYu (Frank) Yang, University of Nevada–Reno, USA ReviewersInoka Amarakoon, University of Manitoba, CanadaJuliane Brown, Colorado School of Mines, USAD. Keith Reid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (retired), CanadaSarah Stackpoole, USGS, USAAdam G. Yates, University of Waterloo, CanadaVesa Yli-Pelkonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Associate EditorsAmitava Chatterjee, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA-ARS, USAWaltram Ravelombola, Texas Agrilife Research–Vernon, USANicole Fiorellino, University of Maryland, USA ReviewersOlga Walsh, University of Idaho, USAPhilip Hinson, Rodale Institute, USARamandeep Sharma, Mississippi State University, USA Vadose Zone Journal Associate EditorsJosh Heitman, North Carolina State University, USASteffen Schlüter, Helmholtz-Centre for EnvironmentalResearch UFZ, GermanyJean Caron, Laval University, CanadaEmmanuel Arthur, Aarhus University, DenmarkReviewersYingxue Yu, Washington State University, USASteve Evett, USDA-ARS, USALinfeng Fan, Southern University of Science andTechnology, ChinaMaik Lucas, Michigan State University, USA The Plant Genome Associate EditorsFrancois Belzile, Laval University, Canada Rupesh Deshmukh, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), India ReviewersHumira Sonah, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), IndiaPhilipp Bayer, The University of Western Australia, Australia (no photo available) Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Associate EditorsBrett Allen, USDA-ARS, USABen McGraw, Penn State, USARenata Nave, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, USA ReviewersRoss Braun, Kansas State University, USAAlyssa Essman, Ohio State University, USABruno Pedreira, Kansas State University, USA Journal of Plant Registrations Associate EditorsMichael Casler, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA Juan Osorno, North Dakota State University, USAReviewersNino Brown, University of Georgia–Tifton, USA Jason Cook, Montana State University, USA Natural Sciences Education Associate EditorsKulbhushan Grover, New Mexico State University, USA Bruce Erickson, Purdue University, USAReviewersGordon Rees, California Polytechnic State University, USA Rebecca Young, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems Associate EditorsAndreas Wesener, Lincoln University, New Zealand ReviewersAlyssa Beavers, Wayne State University, USA Helen Ross, The University of Queensland, Australia Text © . 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